§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what information he has as to whether Calderdale health authority is operating a full computerised call and recall scheme for screening all women at risk of cervical cancer covering all the family doctor practices in the district.
§ Mrs. Currie[pursuant to her reply, 18 March 1987, c. 506]: Calderdale health authority has had a fully computerised call and recall capacity since November 1986. A rolling programme commenced at that time designed to achieve call arrangements covering all women aged 20 and over in the district by March 1988. To date some 50 per cent. of all family doctor practices in the district have already been asked to participate in the scheme with the remainder to be included as the programme develops.
The authority already has a well established district-wide recall system and between 1964 and December 1986 provided a sub regional cervical cytology service for adjacent districts.